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"We started off slow like we've done the last two or three years," Tucker said. "But our kids were really able to salvage the season and win the region championship. As far as winning the region championship, that's very satisfying knowing the big hill that we had to climb to win it."
The climb started after a 12-7 loss to Saks on the final Friday of September.
"(The seniors) had a little talk after the Saks game — players only —in the dressing room," Tucker explained. "We did not change practice, we did not change preparation, we did not change weight lifting. From the coaching standpoint, we didn't change anything.
"Our kids just kind of decided they didn't want to lose. The changes came because of the players attitudes."
Along with the attitude change, changes on the field were seen three days later on the practice field. The following Thursday, the change began when it mattered.
The Valley Cubs took Munford into overtime before eventually leaving with a win. The next week, Alexandria beat Cleburne County in Heflin, slowly moving toward the top of Class 4A, Region 5.
"It's really satisfying to see that we had some young men that were going to accept losing," Tucker said. "Some of them had been wearing that orange and black jersey since first grade and they wanted to represent it in a good way."
With Lincoln traveling to Death Valley in week 8 with a chance to win the region, the Valley Cubs did it again. The win put Alexandria in the driver's seat to win the region, which it did the next week by defeating Jacksonville, 28-7.
"To me, it was a relieving moment," Tucker said about winning the region. "If you told me four weeks earlier we would be playing for the region championship and winning the region championship, I would have found that hard to believe. To be that down and out, then to be on top of the mountain, it was very satisfying."
Now with Tucker having a region championship under his belt and the Cubs making the playoffs each year for the last decade, he simply hopes the younger players took notes of what the 2012 upperclassmen were able to do with the team.
"Hopefully the younger guys will see there isn't much difference between not making the playoffs and winning the region," Tucker explained. "We want to pass on the Alexandria culture to the next generation."
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Creighton is moving to the new Big East next season. He hopes to continue playing the Shockers. He sees value in taking teams to Wichita, where the fans believe no Shocker pitcher has ever thrown a ball and no opponent has ever thrown a strike, and they're not afraid to make that clear to the umpires.
"I've always been interested in exposing our players to the environment that they have down there," Servais said. "I think it's good for us and good for college baseball. I don't mind intense rivalries.
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Undoubtedly, the Shockers would love to celebrate a title in front of their rivals after Sunday's final game. Wichita State could assure itself of at least a tie for the regular-season championship by sweeping the Bluejays.
Wichita State (30-22) leads the conference with a 14-4 record heading into its final league series. Illinois State, which like Creighton has six games to play, stands second at 11-4, while Missouri State is third at 11-7 and Creighton (26-13) sits fourth at 9-6.
Generally, Creighton's trips to Wichita do not end well for the Bluejays. The Shockers hold a 66-23-1 edge in games played in Wichita. Creighton's only series win in Wichita since 1980 came in 2003. Under Servais, the Bluejays are 3-10 in regular-season games at Eck Stadium.
They lost two of three games in their last visit in 2011. Shortstop Alex Staehely was a sophomore on that club, and he remembers the experience well.
"It's a different environment than we're used to playing in," he said. "The fans are right on top of you and they get on you. It's fun to play in that type of environment, where the fans are passionate.
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Some of that is tied to the staff's youth: Creighton relies on six freshman pitchers. And some of the team's offensive struggles are a result of injury. Third baseman Federico Castagnini and first baseman Reagan Fowler each have missed four games because of concussions.
Jordan Makovicka, a part-time starter at designated hitter, underwent surgery this week to repair a facial injury suffered when he was hit by a line drive while standing in the dugout last week at Illinois State. Creighton also has been without outfielder Mike Gerber since April 26 because of an appendectomy.
Creighton is 4-4 since losing Gerber, the team's chief power threat.
"We've just kept trying to get better," Staehely said. "The guys that were around last year know how important that is."
The Bluejays overcame a season of struggles at the end, winning the Valley tournament and claiming a return trip to the NCAA tournament.
"That team was better at the end of the year than it was at the beginning or even the middle of the season," Staehely said. "We know anything can happen. You can't give up.
"Once you get to the conference tournament, and you're playing at the top of your game like we were last year, you have a shot to get into a regional."
NOTES: Creighton will start redshirt freshman Tommy Strunc (6-2, 4.05 ERA) in Friday's 6:30 p.m. game against Wichita State's Cale Elam (5-2, 2.26). Millard West graduate A.J. Ladwig (4-4, 5.37 ERA) will start Saturday's 1:45 p.m. game for Wichita State against Creighton's Nick Musec (1-5, 5.19 ERA). … Casey Gillaspie from Millard North ranks third on the Shockers with a .307 average and leads the team in runs scored with 41. Two players from Lincoln Southeast — Taylor Doggett and Tanner Kirk — are hitting .304 and .267. … Gerber will miss at least another five games. He won't return to the doctor until May 17. Servais said Gerber has not been able to do anything baseball-related since his surgery.
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Who said that you have to see the one you love to that she's the one? I can't say that exactly because I've been blind since I was 10 years old. Ever since then I've been living in the dark, but as the years passed I had learned to cope with my incapacity. Is been hard and sometimes I thought that it was unfair but who said that life is fair?
I'm almost 18 years old my twin sister Alice is my best friend; we are both on our way to college. She had dedicated every minute of her life to take care of me. She's the best friend or sister that anyone could ask for and I love her a lot. Sometimes I wished that she had a boyfriend; she has a few friends but I know that she hasn't gone on a date in a long time, she had cared too much for me.
My mother, what can I say about my dear mother Esme, she has also dedicated her life to take care of me and Alice. She's been a widow since my father died in the car accident in wich I lost my vision. It was caused by a drunk driver; my father died instantly. Since then I had to learn to live without eyes; I had learned to see with my other senses. It wasn't easy but that was the way I have to live.
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I have to say that I've never fell in love. Let's face it, who will want a boyfriend who can't see? Alice says that we will find love together, I laugh every time she says that. Maybe for her but for me…
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"What? You want us to get together and bond as a family! Edward are you out of your mind? I don't know any of them; I certainly don't recognize any of them as family. You should have asked me first before planning all this" mom said her tone cold.
She didn't understand at all, "mom jasper's family lives a few doors down from Bella, and they have been friends since elementary school. I haven't met them yet but Alice tells me that they're really nice, they all know each other, but they don't know you mom. I just wanted to have a nice time; I wanted to experience something different this year…" I told her.
Why was it so hard for me to accept Bella? I could see that this was hurting Edward. I just couldnt wrap my head around the idea that he might fall hard for her, and decides to leave me. Alice is okay she doesn't need me like Edward does, what if Bella can't tend to his needs? What if she does something wrong…? All these thoughts are always on my mind.
Why don't I concede Edward this sudden desire? The saying says keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. That's what I should do, I mean is just a few hours…I couldn't be that bad, right?
"Okay Edward, I'll attend" I said.
Since Alice and Edward were going to come to my mom's party, Alice and I decided to go shopping for our dresses. Mom came along, Alice had to get Edward a new suit, even though the party was at my house it was a formal attire we went to get Edward's things first since Alice already knew what he wanted, so that didn't took long.
We went to a dress store then, Alice had an avalanche of dresses on her hands for both mom and me, and since she couldn't fit more into her grasp she gave me some. We went to the dressing rooms, and after five dresses for me I found the one, it was simple but very elegant. Mom found a black dress that suit her perfectly, and Alice had a one shoulder light pink dress, it was so her. Then we went to the shoe store and got the perfect ones, there Alice got Edward's new shoes too. Then we passed by the jewelry store and bought some jewelry, and then we had some lunch at the mall food court.
Since Alice was with us mom decided to go buy the decorations for the party, at her party friend store Party City, we were undecided on with of the new year's theme decorations pick out, Alice helped us and we ended up choosing the black, silver, and gold theme. We got trays for the appetizers, small plates, cups, dinner plates, cutlery, napkins, three table cloths, and one table runner for the dinner table. Mom found plastic champagne flutes glasses and bought them, she told us that we were going to toast with Welch's sparkling cider since we were off age. We got the decorations for the walls, hanging decorations; mom made an order of helium balloons and also ordered number balloons spelling 2011 on the same color palette. Mom spotted a box of New Year's favors for a party of 24 and placed it in the cart.
We checkout and loaded the car, mom said that it was okay to invite Alice and Edward aunt and uncle with their daughters. I was going to meet the rest and last part of Edward's family, I was a little nervous but Alice reassured me that her uncle's were nothing like her mom, that made me relax.
She also told me that I was going to have to share Edward with their little cousin Eliza, okay I think I can manage share my boyfriend with an eight year old…
Everything was ready for the party, mom, Edward, and I were on our way to Bella's house, as every year James has the day off so mom drove her car.
We arrived and walked to the door, I knocked and a few seconds later Charlie opened the door. "Hello Alice, Edward" he told us, "good evening Charlie, um this is our mother Esme Masen, mom this is Charlie Swan Bella's dad" I said.
"Nice to meet you, ma'am" he said we went inside and the house looked nice, some of the furniture has been removed to make the back living room look bigger. The French doors that led to the terrace and back patio were opened and both areas were decorated. The dinner table has been moved to the roofed area of the patio and the table was set, I saw that Renée had brought more chairs, she had told me that the dining table had originally brought three extensions so I guess that she had brought out all the extensions and chairs the table had belonged to Phil's grandmother it was an antique. The patio had tiki torches and a tent near the French doors, Renée preferred to have the refreshments inside the tent has been decorated too and had chairs and Bella's swing on one of the exits everything looked amazing. The doorbell rang Renée went to open the door, it was jaspers family, Renée told them to come back here.
"Hello Alice" Maria Jasper's mom said "hi Maria, this is my older twin brother Edward, and my mother Esme Masen" I introduced jasper's family knew about Edward, Maria shook his hand and then went to greet mom.
"Edward, Esme, this is my husband, Michael Whitlock, my older daughter Charlotte, her husband peter, and my two year old granddaughter Nettie" Maria said to mom and Edward. they both greeted them, then Bella joined us and I gasped, she was beautiful the dress looked great on her, I took a picture; then she walked to us she greeted everyone.
Bella had joined us outside, I could smell her perfume, Alice told me that she looked beautiful, I really wished I could see her… she came to me, took my hand and kissed me quickly it wasn't a mind blowing kiss, it was just a peck on the lips. Renee served some drinks and passed them around, Bella and I went to sit with jasper's sister while her husband talked with Charlie, he was a cop here in Florida, Bella had asked charlotte if she could carry Nettie, since Bella wasn't here when she got married and had the baby.
We chatted about college for a bit and charlotte told us some stories about her daughter, Alice had told me that Nettie was adorable. The doorbell rang again; I guessed that it was uncle Eleazar and Carmen with the girls since they were the ones we were waiting for. I wondered if this family meeting was too soon, I mean Bella and I have been dating for a month, but this was her idea…maybe she saw a future with me. I already knew that I loved her, in this short time with her she has become my everything I know that I can't live without her.
I want her in my life forever if she takes me, she she is my all.
Phil was the one who opened the door, because he was the one who led them back here. We all stood up and went to greet them since charlotte and Nettie had to be introduced as well as Bella, she linked her hand in mine, "hi there Edward, how are you?" Carmen asked me. "I'm great, how was the drive?" I asked "it was good son…" Eleazar said. I knew that they had seen a picture of Bella but I had to introduce them formally.
"Aunt Carmen, uncle Eleazar this is Isabella Swan my girlfriend" I said.
"Please call me Bella"
"Nice to meet you Bella" both my uncles said, "were the girls?" I asked "I'll go get them" Eleazar said and left. "So Bella, I hear that you're majoring in education, nice work branch, very demanding" Carmen said.
"Yeah I know, I love teaching, and English literature is my passion" Bella responded. "Very nice" Carmen said.
Uncle Eleazar then returned with the girls, "Bella these are our daughters, Kate, Irina, and the youngest Eliza" Eleazar said. "Girls this is my girlfriend Bella" I told them.
"She is your what!" Eliza said
Uh oh here comes trouble…
her sisters laughed, I kneeled in front of her. "She is my girlfriend" I repeated, "You don't like me anymore, is she your favorite now?" Eliza said I chuckled "no Eliza, you're still my best cousin, I still like you sweetie. You don't have to be jealous, Bella is really nice and she likes to play with little girls like you." I said "okay" Eliza said and kissed my cheek, "okay Bella, you can be Edward's girlfriend, but be nice" she told Bella.
We all laughed
Renée then announced that dinner was going to be served, "great cuz I'm famished" Eliza said, those who heard her laughed.
We all went to were the outdoor dining area was settled and grabbed a seat, Eliza refused to seat beside Irina instead she sat at my left, while Bella took the seat on my right. The courses were served and conversation flowed, we were all just bonding and getting to know each other better, mom didn't commented much I hoped that she was having a good time, I had neglected her.
After dinner we all scattered and the music that was just a background sound was louder now. Bella and I were seating at her swing she was holding my hand while she rocked us softly.
"Eliza is something else" Bella said with a laugh. "Yeah she is, she's jealous of you" I told her, "Yeah, I think she has a crush on you" Bella said.
After that she kissed me, it was a mind blowing kiss; we broke apart after a minute. "I'm going to the bathroom, be right back" Bella told me, "okay I'll be here" I told her. A few seconds after Bella left, mom approached to where I was, "care to dance with your mother?" she asked me; "of course mother you don't need to ask" I said and took her hand we found a spot and started dancing.
"Are you enjoying yourself mom?" I asked her. She was silent for a moment, "yeah its okay, Maria and Michael are nice" she told me. "What about Bella's parents?" I asked, "They're okay, but I find it very disturbing that Renée married a man younger than her. and that they get along, is so bizarre" she said, I sighed even though she agreed to be here tonight she's just being herself, I hope that she hasn't said anything bad to anyone.
"Mom, why don't you like Bella?" I asked her, "There's something in her that I still don't get… She doesn't convince me." mom replied I just sighed and let it go; it was the last night of the year I wanted to enjoy it.
Mom and I danced two more songs, then she retired to the bathroom, Alice then joined me she gave me a drink and I danced with her a song, after she took a picture, then Eliza demanded to dance with me so I complied. She requested a Hannah Montana song, we danced and she took a picture of us on her own camera, I kissed her cheek and she went to Aunt Carmen.
I had to go to the bathroom so I unfolded my cane and went my way, I did my duty in the bathroom and went out I was rounding the corner when someone grabbed my arm.
"Hi there gorgeous" I exhaled the breath I was holding, it was Bella. "you scared me, I was in the bathroom" I told her, "sorry" she apologized, Bella was very close to me her scent was all around me, I searched her lips, leaned in and pressed my lips to hers, it was a sweet kiss, Bella's lips molded to mine she pulled me closer to her.
I wrapped my arms around her, he body fitted perfectly with mine, her arms and shoulders were sprinkled with goose bumps; I didn't want to let go of this feeling. Having Bella so close to me, somewhere inside me something stirred and invaded my senses, I lost reality for a moment and all I felt around me was Bella.
We broke apart, we were both panting heavily, and we had never kissed so intensely before. It was sort of magical, "wow Edward that was"
"Amazing" I finished her sentence.
Bella gave me one more peck on the lips and took my hand, "let's dance" she told me "whatever you say my lady" I told her. Bella took my hands and we danced for the rest of the night, we lost notion of time.
Bella had her head rested on my shoulder; we swirled around the soft music, and not talking just enjoying the closeness of the other, right after the song ended Alice came rushing to us.
"It's time" she said exited, Bella and followed behind her laughing at her antics. When we got were everyone was gathered Renée handed us flutes filled with a non alcoholic cider, "okay everyone lets toast here's to a new year full of blessings, family, friendship, and most important, love. Cheers" Renée said
"Cheers" we all stated
And the countdown started, "ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one HAPPY NEW YEAR!" we all exclaimed.
Hugs and kissed were received from everyone, Bella and I had our first New Year kiss. I hope that it wasn't the last and that we had more new years to come, I wanted forever with Bella. Fireworks erupted from the patio, "Phil bought them, they're legal fireworks he does this every year, and it's very cool." Bella explained
She cuddled closer to me and enjoyed the fireworks, when they were over; I leaned in and kissed her Bella kissed me back it was a sweet almost loving kiss.
I needed to tell her, I couldn't wait anymore here goes to nothing, "Bella" I whispered "yes" she replied,
"I love you"
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Loved the chapter. Great party! Just a pity Esme can't seem to let go of her little boy. Edward and Bella are so great together! I also like the way you bring in other characters from the series in a human context. Can't wait for the next chapter!
Great Chapter!
I'm so glad they're happy :D
I....LOVE....IT!!! Thanks for all the chapters. They're great!! You really have a gift. Can't wait for the next chapters!!!!! :-)
It's obvious that in the Twilight book its mentioned that Mike is a golden retriever and Bella imagined him with a wagging tail
And that line, was the inspiration for the name LOL, sorry if it offended you though...
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Chapter 14
I love you
Edward had just pronounced those three words, the most three important words in the world, I couldn't believe it. Was I ready to say them back? Yes I am, I've been waiting to say them for a while, but I was afraid that it was too soon…I mean it's still too soon but he had said them first, that means he felt the same way.
I've told myself that I wasn't going to tell anyone those words unless I was a 100% sure that I meant them, and not if I wasn't sure that he was the one. Edward is the one, I could feel it, since I met him I can't be away from him, Edward is everything to me.
He was still waiting for an answer.
I took a deep breath and entwined our hands, "I love you too Edward. I couldn't wait to tell you" I replied to him, he visibly relaxed and smiled.
"Why didn't you tell me Bella?" Edward asked me, "I was afraid that you would think that it was too soon…" I said as he chuckled, "what?" I asked amused "I thought you would think the same thing" he responded.
Edward raised my hand to his face and kissed my knuckles, my skin tingled I leaned in and kissed him; it was a sweet loving kiss, I expressed what I felt trough it.
Alice interrupted us, "Edward sorry to interrupt but Aunt Carmen and uncle Eleazar are leaving, and Eliza fell asleep." Alice told us, Edward nodded and we followed Alice back into my house; they were already almost at the door, they had already said goodbye to everyone else "thank you so much for inviting us, we had a great time." Carmen said, "It was nice to meet you Bella"
"Yeah, nice too meet you too" I replied. They said their farewells to Edward and left, Esme decided to leave too "okay, I guess we should get going too…" she said.
Edward sighed and nodded, Alice went to get her clutch and say goodbye to Jasper, when she returned, I opened the door for them and Esme and Alice got out first. Esme tossed a goodnight at me and went to look for the car, Alice said goodbye and thanks with a hug to me, and last Edward "thanks for inviting me Bella, another great night to add to my list" he said with a smile.
"My pleasure" I replied
Esme honked the horn in exasperation, "goodnight Edward, I love you" I said kissing him.
"I love you too Bella" Edward said
He turned around and left, I closed the door behind him.
He said it, he had finally said it, and the best thing is that I felt the same way.
Edward loved me…
Bella loved me, I couldn't believe it. I thought that she was going to say that it was too soon but she didn't. Instead she surprised me by saying the words back, I was so happy another perfect night for my list…not that I was really counting or keeping a list.
Two days later, I was with Alice at the library while mom went to the grocery store, I took the rare moment and told her about the night of the 31st "so Bella and I declared ourselves" I started, "what you mean?" Alice asked.
"right after saying happy new year I told her that I loved her" I said, I heard my sister gasp, "what did she say!" Alice said exited, "I thought she was going to say it was too soon, but she actually said that she loved me too" I stated.
"Oh my god, Edward, that's great! I'm happy for you two" she said and hugged me. She told me about the day when she and jasper had said the words themselves, and then we chatted about Aunt Carmen and uncle Eleazar's acceptance of Bella and jasper, and also about Eliza being jealous of Bella, we again laughed at the memory.
College started a few days later, Bella and I didn't have a class together but we both had a free period at the same time. Her classes now started at 10:00am, so she worked from 7:00am to 9:55am at the library; and then she would go back from 4:30pm to 7:00pm.
Our second month anniversary came by and we went out to dinner again, this time we went to a Chinese rest, the same one jasper took Alice on their first date.
The food was amazing, Bella then drove us to get some ice cream, and then we went out and ate them at her car, while we listened to some music.
"Edward" Bella said we were on campus seating under a tree her head was on my lap, I was reading Evermore, by: Alyson Noel to her while she fed us gummy sour worms.
"Yes love" I said, "do you remember stuff, I mean from before you had the accident?" she asked me.
"Yes, I do remember some stuff" I replied, "What do you want to know?" I asked her.
"Do you remember colors and shapes…? I don't know stuff like that…" she said
I chuckled, "yes love I remember, I have all those images engraved to my brain, what's unknown for me are the things from the past eight years, like Alice, the memory I have from her is from when she was ten, I know she cut her hair but I don't know what other changes she has, and of course I remember how I looked like but I bet that if I saw myself in a mirror now I wouldn't recognize me." I told her, she sighed.
"Did you accepted it?" she asked me, "what, the fact that I wasn't going to be able to see again? No I didn't, I hated it, I turned bitter for the first two years, that's how long it took me to rehabilitate, I was in a nursing home for blind children, I refuge in myself, I didn't want anyone's pity. That's why I was so scared when I met you Bella, I feared you were going to reject me" I explained.
Bella sat up and cupped my face, "Edward I love you for who you are, not because of how you look, even though you're very handsome, that's not important for me. The Edward I love is the one who lives in here" she said both hands above my heart.
"And nothing is going to change that Edward, the fact that you're blind doesn't matter to me, you could have one eye and webbed feet and I'll love you anyway" Bella told me with a kiss.
This woman was amazing, when did I get so lucky? Then I realized that maybe dad was looking over me…or this was god's response to my prayers when I felt alone, yeah that was it, he had sent me Bella.
I gave silent thanks to him, and also thanked him for being alive.
"I love you" I told her, "I love you too" Bella replied as she leaned in again and kissed me. She pressed her body to mine, she was so lean and warm, I didn't want to let go, I wanted her in my arms forever.
January passed by and February made its entrance, I was on my way to my semi-annual optometrist revision appointment, mom Alice, and Bella were coming with me. Bella actually was meeting us there since mom still didn't like her.
I didn't know that from this doctor's appointment, my family was going to acquire a new member…
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Is Gary Bettman in trouble?
By Stu Hackel
In the aftermath of the lockout, many people have discussed how the NHL should express its regret to fans. ESPN.com's Pierre Lebrun had a list of 10 things the league could do, the top one being free access to the Center Ice TV package — an idea that others endorse, but it will likely never happen because, as Steve Lepore explained in his Puck The Media blog, it's not solely the property of the league to give away.
Ken Campbell of The Hockey News had another idea: Fire Gary Bettman.
"The league owes its fans," Campbell argues. "And one way it can display that it is truly willing to turn the page is to tell Bettman that he must go. It's not because all of this is necessarily Bettman's fault because he has been doing the bidding of his employers, but the reality is that he has been the central character of three lockouts and history will show his name will always be associated with those work stoppages before anything else."
There was no more reviled figure during the lockout than Bettman, not even Don Fehr, who probably finished second. Bettman was savaged in blogs, in online magazines (Grantland's Bill Simmons, for one, really carved him up) on social media and on video (Read: Best NHL Lockout Songs and Parodies). And, unfortunately, he is an easy target. Bettman never does himself any favors with his generally abrasive style, his temper tantrums (whether genuine or contrived), and his uncomfortable manner; TSN's camera crew caught him at his glowering best in their "escalator shot" which they used frequently during the past month or so — and here's a shortened version; the original is probably twice as long, his expression and gaze unchanged for the entire ride.
Of course, the commissioner didn't need this lockout to plunge on the fans' popularity charts. He was already way down there, unrivaled in hockey's dislike department, a status he's held for most of his nearly 20 years on the job. Why that is and how justified it is can be debated, but the animus itself is a fact and this third lockout merely attached an anchor to his leg as he submerged further.
But like suggestions that the league give away the Center Ice package, a Bettman dismissal probably won't be a perk used to pacify fans who feel they are owed something once the game returns to the ice. Being commish is not a popularity contest, other than among the owners, and if he's going to go — which I tend to doubt he will — it will be because they don't like the deal he's made with the players, and feel the lockout itself was a mistake or that he misled them somehow. Those are the major criteria by which his bosses will judge him and, on a gut level, I don't sense that the majority hold those opinions.
That's not to say, however, the Board of Governors won't have some questions for him when they meet on Wednesday to ratify the new CBA. They may want to know why the deal couldn't have been wrapped up a month ago when the players agreed on the 50-50 split of HRR. They may query him on not being able to grind the NHLPA down on all the contracting rights, especially free agency and the package of items that leave players coming out of Entry Level deals with the same rights as before. They may ask why he agreed to potentially expose them financially, even if it's a remote possibility, on the players' new pension plan. They may second guess him on the league's opening offer and subsequent tactics that were intended to weaken the union but only unified it.
Those are not insignificant things, and he'll certainly be prepared with his response. But unless they were expecting — or were unrealistically promised — a thrashing of the PA, Bettman's results should not be terribly disappointing to the Board. He got them their 50-50 split — the "industry standard" for salary cap leagues — and he was able to claw back some contracting rights that enabled cap circumvention. He did so while facing a newly strengthened union, led by a negotiator in Fehr who was at least his equal. And now it's clear that, unlike 2004-05, neither his side nor the opposition had the will to torpedo the season in order to get its way.
The players don't seem overjoyed with the outcome. "It's the best deal we could have gotten if we wanted to save the season," the Penguins' Brooks Orpik told Josh Yohe and Bob Rossi of The Pittsburgh Tribune Review. "If we wanted to go down another avenue, risk missing the season and going to litigation, maybe we could have gotten a better deal. That's anyone's guess. Guys wanted to play. If you look at the deal, the pension was the one tangible thing that improved compared to last time. Everything else was status quo or we gave back a little."
So if the players aren't thrilled, the owners are probably pleased. And if they are not, if they are equally bereft of joy, well, as they say, the sign of a successful negotiation is that both sides are unhappy.
In the immediate aftermath of the lockout, Bettman's future became a topic for media types in Canada, who have always had difficult time with an American in charge of the NHL, especially this American who, unlike his predecessor John Ziegler, had no background in the game when he came to the job, and they expressed similar sentiments about Fehr during the lockout, saying that of all the negotiators, he was somehow less concerned about the league's future as the only one who "had no skin in the game." It was a laughable accusation to say the least, even metaphorically. Suddenly, Bettman — who had remained to them the outsider from the NBA even after 20 years — was a hockey guy, or at least the devil they know, deemed to have paid his dues, having been around longer than the more recent American outsider, this one from baseball. In fact, the ones with the most "skin in the game" are the players who, unlike everyone else at the table, actually get their skins cut, their bones broken, their ligaments torn and their heads rattled while playing the game.
Hours after the tentative deal had been reached, the crew at Sportsnet wondered about Bettman's plight in this segment:
Nick Kypreos testified that Bettman caved in on some matters, like the salary cap for Year 2, at the last minute in order to salvage the season, and that for once he acted not like the owners' commissioner but the commissioner of the whole game, saying, "Although many owners might have some questions for him, he put the game first." Both Kypreos and John Shannon believed that the small market teams might howl because the cap moved and it will enable high revenue clubs to snag more free agents. It's a specious argument, because in Year 3, the cap goes right down to no more than $60 million, Bettman's original position, so the wealthy clubs will have to start unloading players. The one-year compromise helped seal the deal.
As a result, the Sportsnet guys wanted to portray Bettman as the man who saved the game (a position Don Cherry also took on Twitter, and that provoked outrageous laughter from some). Solving problems of your own creation does not make one a saint and this wouldn't be the first time we've seen Bettman in that role. The Dead Puck Era was largely his doing, his lack of understanding of the game on the ice permitting a boring product to endure until the last lockout when, lo and behold, he sought to win fans back by allowing "The New Rules" that opened up the game. So saying the man who helped engineer the lockout was its hero in the end was, according to one fan on Twitter, like saying that the iceberg was the star of the film Titanic.
Over on TSN, The Reporters panel of SI's Michael Farber, The National Post's Bruce Arthur, The Toronto Sun's Steve Simmons and host Dave Hodge, each weighed in on Bettman's future for Michael Landsburg on his On The Record show (video). All had arresting observations on whether the commissioner would keep his job.
Farber: "I spoke to somebody today who was part of the negotiations from the owners' side and he thinks that Bettman is very solid. He characterized it as 'whining' from a couple of places, but there is no move to oust Bettman."
Arthur: "Here's the thing when you look at winners and losers in this lockout. It's what did you expect. I think NHL owners expected to have this settled in November. They could have had it settled by about Jan. 10, (he meant Dec. 10 — SH) and Bettman miscalculated and cost them an extra month and cost them a few more things. That being said, he has an enormous amount of power, his idol David Stern lasted 30 years on the job, he's not quite 20 years in now, he's going to want to hold on to power. The question is going to be whether owners are disappointed enough in this deal and his tenure to oust him. I'm not sure we're there yet."
Simmons: "You also have to understand who the owners are. The majority of them are people he recruited to those positions. He has a lot of people onside. The ones who are barking are not powerful enough."
Hodge: "There was credible talk yesterday that it might not be a good idea for Gary Bettman to present the Stanley Cup. So I don't think he's as strong as ever if anyone thinks it's not a good idea. And if you've got a job that doesn't allow you to do your job because people hate you enough to not allow you to want to do it, I'm not sure how long you want to hang around and I'm not sure how long the people who are paying you want you to hang around as long as you might otherwise."
If it's up to Bettman, LeBrun thinks he won't be going anywhere, saying on one of many post-lockout segments over TSN (video), "He wants to be around for the league's centennial in 2017. That means a lot to him. Whether he's around for the next CBA, I think that would surprise me. I think there will be new leadership on the NHL end in 10 years."
We all have our opinions on whether Gary Bettman should stay or go, whether we like him or not or approve of the job he's done or not. For me, his performance has always been a goulash of good and bad. His record in labor relations is awful, at least from a fans' perspective, but if it hadn't been Bettman growling at the union, it would have been someone else. Campbell is right: lockouts will define Bettman's tenure more than anything and he's earned that legacy at the behest of the owners, even if he has guided their decisions and helped form their strategies. He was hired to be a wartime consigliere and, from that sad perspective, he's played the role as well as anyone could. If they want him to continue in it, he will. If they want to change their approach to labor relations and believe he can be effective in that capacity, he will give it his best.
Unless he over-promised and under-delivered, or there's a seismic shift in the tectonic plates beneath the Board of Governors, Gary Bettman isn't going anywhere.
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The Hero Complex Film Festival always manages to put together a great line-up with fantastic speakers, and 2013 is going to be no different. The L.A. Times has sent out a press release announcing that this year's Hero Complex Film Festival will celebrate horror and sci-fi by screening films from and talking to John Carpenter, Frank Darabont, Chris Carter, Roland Emmerich, and Guillermo del Toro. There will be showings of Halloween, They Live, The Mist, Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, and Independence Day. Also, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the X-Files, the film festival will show three of the series' best episodes uncut: "Pilot", "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose", and "Jose Chung's from Outer Space".
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BEAUMONT, Texas-Six of the seven runners for ORU's men's team, and five of the six women's runners posted personal bests at the 2012 Southland Conference Cross Country Championships, hosted by Lamar, Friday morning. The men's team finished seventh overall, while the women finished eighth, but had an all-conference performer in Samantha Watson.
McNeese State had the top-3 finishers and took the men's championship home, while Stephen F. Austin had two of the top-3 women's finishers and took home the trophy.
The men's team averaged 27:02 around the 8K course, nearly a minute and a half faster than either of the other two 8K races this season. The women's average of 24:03 was also a minute and half faster than their only other 6K race of the year, the Chile Pepper Invitational, where they averaged 25:38.
Watson finished ninth overall to earn the all-conference honor, the first honor for the sophomore runner, finishing in 21:59.8, which was a personal best by more than a minute.
Casady Ashcraft (23:58) and freshman Megan Denzin (24:07) finished back-to-back in 43rd and 44th, respectively, with Denzin grabbing the third spot on the team for the first time this season. Both runners set personal bests with their times.
Erin Roberson also bested her personal best from last year's conference championship, running 24:25 to clear her own record by nearly a minute, finishing 49th. Marrisa Thomas (25:45) finished 62nd overall, while freshman Hayley Monforton ran a season-best 27:23 to finish 67th.
For the men, freshman David Batchelder ran a season-best 26:12 to claim 42nd, leading the way for the Golden Eagles, while Jonathan Harper also ran his best time of the year (26:13) to finish 43rd. Finishing out the clump at the top was Ryan Masey, who improved nearly two minutes, running 26:18 to finish 45th, easily the best time of his career.
Leif Peterson ran 27:08 for 56th and a new personal best, while Tyler Banks (29:16) and Michael Mudukuti (29:39) finish 66th and 68th, respectively. The final Golden Eagle across the line was John Bradford, who finished in 31:25 for 71st overall.
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Dave "Date Rape" Brown is one bad cop.
In "Rampart," a movie named after a division of the Los Angeles Police Department that became notorious for corruption in the late 1990s, Brown becomes the personification of everything that went wrong.
While the supporting cast is full of standouts, the reason to see the movie is the jaw-dropping performance by Woody Harrelson as Dave Brown. Harrelson fell just shy of the Oscar nominations list this year, but this is some of the best work of his career.
Harrelson was nominated once before working with director-screenwriter Oren Moverman in "The Messenger," a 2009 movie about a Marine whose duty is to notify next of kin that their loved one has died in the line of duty.
That movie ended on a note of hope and healing.
But with "Rampart," co-written by James Ellroy ("L.A. Confidential"), expect little in the way of tender mercies. Dave wasn't built for that. He even treats informant pals (Ben Foster, as a wino; Ned Beatty, as a retired cop) with brutal cruelty.
In fact, he seems devoid of redeeming qualities. Opening scenes establish that he's racist, sexist, violent, homophobic, a womanizer and totally corrupt. He justifies himself by saying he hates everyone equally.
His nickname comes from rumors that he murdered a rape suspect in an act of vigilante justice, though nothing was ever proven.
His living arrangements are also bizarre. Two ex-wives, who are sisters (Cynthia Nixon, Anne Heche), live in neighboring homes. Each has a daughter by him. When neither ex will let him into her bed, he strikes up a sexual relationship with a defense attorney (Robin Wright) hopped up on drugs who likes things kinky-rough.
Now, just a few years after the Rodney King beating, Dave is videotaped beating a suspect. The footage is looped on television for days.
Then he's involved in a deadly shootout at a robbery scene, and his story is fishy.
The police department's internal investigation unit is all over Brown, led by an officer (Ice Cube) out to nail him and a tough assistant D.A. who's had enough (Sigourney Weaver).
But as his past closes in on him, Dave has a certain swagger, a sense of entitlement that makes him think he can just keep lying, claiming self-defense, framing others, giving answers to investigative tribunals like a veteran politician.
Blackmailing a pharmacist for pills helps him ease the pressure, as he goes on a hallucinatory bender.
A couple particularly memorable scenes find his daughters and ex-wives at last deciding that they don't want Dave in their lives anymore.
Moverman uses hazy cinematography to reflect not only a hot, smelly Los Angeles summer but the moral indifference of a man who's empty on the inside, even as he becomes increasingly isolated.
What is the point of this grueling character portrait? I'm not sure. No explanation is given as to why Dave is like this. Maybe that's just how some people are.
But Harrelson, who lost 25 pounds for this lean, mean, taut role, is something to watch.
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It is widely acknowledged within the payments industry that chip-based payment standards can help significantly reduce credit and debit card payment fraud.1 Until recently, however, there was little interest among most stakeholders in the U.S. in converting our payment system to a chip-based standard.
But that is now changing, as the first steps are being taken to covert the U.S. payments infrastructure to EMV. In April 2013, merchant acquirers and payment processors faced the first EMV deadline: They now must be capable of processing EMV payments.
The U.S. is the last major world economy to migrate to EMV, and converting our entire payments system will undoubtedly be a complex and time-consuming process that will take years. However, that process is now underway -- which means merchants that accept credit and debit cards for payment should begin learning about exactly what EMV is and how it will affect their businesses.
What Is EMV?
EMV stands for Europay, MasterCard® and Visa®, which is a technical standard designed to ensure that microchip-embedded payment cards are compatible with merchant terminals. Chip-embedded payment cards are very difficult, if not almost impossible, to duplicate. When combined with encryption, tokenization and other additional layers of security, EMV significantly reduces opportunities for card payment fraud.2
EMV is often equated with "Chip and PIN" verification -- card validation via chip and cardholder authentication via PIN -- but the terms are not interchangeable. EMV technical specifications do not require that merchants use any particular form of identity verification. Rather, the issuing bank will place specific rules on the chip that specify which verification services are required, and card processors will be prepared to support all verification methods.
However, many in the payments industry, led by the Card Associations, strongly believe that Chip and PIN verification provides the greatest protection against payment fraud, including fraudulent use of lost or stolen cards, counterfeit cards and skimming. Chip and PIN is also compatible with security standards that exist in most other countries.
Payments can be authorized for chip-based transactions using either an online or offline process. The verification method is generally determined by the issuer. With online authorizations, transaction information is sent to the card issuer for approval; with offline authorizations, the transaction is authorized or declined using issuer-defined risk parameters stored on the chip. Or, a hybrid process can be used that verifies the cardholder via offline PIN and authorizes the transaction online via the issuer.
The primary benefit of online authorization is an additional layer of security and fraud protection, and simplified chip production and encryption key management. The primary benefit of offline authorization is speed: with no need for back and forth messages to the issuer, the transaction can be completed very quickly.
Contact and Contactless Transactions
Many merchants today are eager to benefit from the various kinds of new payment options supported by chip-enabled payments. This includes both contact and contactless transactions, like tapping or waving the card instead of inserting it. To do so, however, merchants may need to upgrade their point-of-sale (POS) terminals to new dual-interface, EMV-capable terminals to meet EMV requirements. The benefits of upgrading to these terminals are many:
- Meets Visa's merchant requirement for Technology Innovation Program (TIP) relief from PCI compliance reporting to Visa.
- Could aid in the adoption among U.S. consumers of mobile payments.
- Ensures global interoperability.
Upcoming Shift in Fraud Liability
It's important to note that fraud liability will eventually shift to merchants that have not implemented an EMV structure. Beginning in October 2015, the merchant, not the issuing bank, will be liable for counterfeit card transactions if the merchant receives a fraudulent Visa chip card but has not installed an EMV-capable terminal.
This liability shift will apply to all merchants, regardless of their size. So it's not too early to begin making plans to upgrade to new EMV-capable terminals that are capable of meeting the card associations' EMV requirements.
Please contact PNC Merchant Services® Customer Service at 800-742-5030 if you have further questions about EMV and how it might affect your business.